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The state of the global digital economy

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The first episode of the EIU Digital Economy podcast looks at the current state of the global digital economy.

Host Pete Swabey speaks to Michael Kent, CEO of cross-border payments provider Azimo, about the challenges of managing a truly global digital start-up. Then guests Annabelle Gawer, chair in digital economy at the University of Surrey, and George Zarkadakis, digital lead at global risk and human capital advisory firm Willis Towers Watson, discuss the impact so far of digitisation on the global economy.

The Urban Transit Evolution

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This new report, sponsored by Siemens UK, which reviews some of the urban mobility challenges facing well-established, congested cities. It provides a roadmap for city leaders to overcome these challenges, with a focus on factors to consider when making decisions around infrastructure projects and transport policies.

Priorities of progress: understanding citizens' voices

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Commissioned by Nitto Denko, The Economist Intelligence Unit produced a global study Priorities of progress: understanding citizens’ voices, that sheds light on citizens’ priorities among issues that range from healthcare, education, social protection, public safety, R&D, to the environment and transport infrastructure. The report builds insights from a 50-country citizen survey and interviews with a panel of experts and measures survey responses against publicly available spending data of governments.

The new world of regtech in managing regulatory data

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Regtech can help by automating what would otherwise be tactical and manual processes—such as data collection and reporting—and making these tasks more cost effective, efficient and strategic. Advances in areas like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning make it possible to automatically parse through regulatory filings, track employee compliance and more. Advanced regtech analytics solutions can also match and cleanse data from various legacy systems quickly and accurately.

Of silicon and silk

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Michael is a senior editor for The Economist Intelligence Unit's thought leadership division in Asia. Although Michael has roots in Montreal, he grew up in Palo Alto, California and attended Yale University, where he majored in anthropology. Prior to joining the Economist Group, Michael was a correspondent for Reuters in Taipei, where he covered the technology sector. He has also worked in Beijing and is fluent in Mandarin.

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Next-Generation Connectivity

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Over the next five years, the next generation of wired and wireless connectivity, characterised, in particular, by fifth generation (5G) mobile networks, full-fibre broadband and satellite internet technology, is widely touted by industry and observers for its potential to deliver a step change in connectivity and its capabilities.

Can automation and AI support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals?

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Automation, artificial intelligence (AI) and other innovations of the Fourth Industrial Revolution are set to drastically change society, promising extraordinary benefits including increased productivity and improved public services. However, these innovations are also fuelling growing techno-anxiety. Unemployment is the most commonly discussed threat, with labour organisations, governments and economists all voicing concern that human workers may be displaced at an unprecedented scale and speed, which could worsen inequality, undermine social cohesion and increase poverty.

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